By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Bouncing back from two straight losses in the 2024-25 NBA Regular Season, the Milwaukee Bucks edged out the Brooklyn Nets, 118-113, in Barclays Center on Sunday.
Listed as probable for the NBA Sundays affair with right patella tendinopathy, Giannis Antetokounmpo tallied a 34-point, 11-rebound double-double combined with four assists, three blocks, and one steal.
With his side prevailing after 14 lead changes, the Greek Freak recorded nearly 38 minutes.
For the team coached by Spanish play-caller Jordi Fernandez, German Dennis Schroder scored a season-high 34 points with 13/19 field goals. With 11 assists, he shaped the second European double-double of the game and also grabbed three rebounds.
Croatian Bojan Bogdanovic stayed on the list of unavailable players recovering from a left foot injury. At the bottom end of a long rehab, the 35-year-old forward is nearing his season debut.
Joel Embiid returns
Opening the NBA Sundays schedule in United Center, the Philadelphia 76ers held on to defeat the Chicago Bulls, 108-100.
Back in action and logging his fifth appearance this season, Joel Embiid paired a game-high 31 points with 12 rebounds. Packing 25 points, 14 assists, and 11 rebounds, Tyrese Maxey posted his first career triple-double.
A fellow starter for the team coached by Nick Nurse, French forward Guerschon Yabusele tallied four points with 2/5 field goals and pulled down three rebounds over 13 minutes. Turkish big Adem Bona remained sidelined with a left knee contusion.
Overcoming low back tightness and lasting nearly 29 minutes for the Bulls, Montenegrin Nikola Vucevic finished with 13 points, eight rebounds, four steals, and three assists. Lithuanian Matas Buzelis produced five points, three rebounds, and one block in 23 minutes.